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A bit weird that their big christmas giveaway is something they already gave away before, I noticed it's in my library for a while now.

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[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 6 points 14 hours ago

I bought the ultimate edition of this game on sale for $15 like a year ago. This game is constantly on sale. This game is also really good and legitimately worth full price. For those of you bitching about epic, just go buy it from your preferred marketplace and shut the fuck up.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aight, I'll not do a whole new one for this...

[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

It's not like Steam gives free stuff often. And they give really really old ones too.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

True, but digital ownership is a fickle thing that depends in large part on how much I trust the seller. Between a >50% discount on Steam and a free game on Epic, I would still choose Steam every time, because I would feel like I "own" that game more than I would on Epic (where I would still hesitate to buy anything more than the 2-3 free games that would interest me there).

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 points 15 hours ago

And they give really really old ones too.

As a Patient Gamer I'll take it...

I heard they gave away a nice title called Half Life 2 not too long ago... Sadly I still haven't caught up with HL 1 :/

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still nice for people who missed it in the last giveaway. Go play the game...it's good.

[–] theyllneverfindmehere@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you know what SCP is, this is based in a world of SCP. If you don't know what SCP is, good the device worked.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Before or after the foundation decides to exterminate the entire human race?

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Before. The after version is SCP: 5K, and it's very, very good.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

It feels likes been given away like 5 times.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 13 points 1 day ago

X-Files Ghostbuster Resident Evil – if that combination of words sells you on playing it.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And with all of that they never repeated their GTA 5 giveaway.

Because script kiddies claimed thousands of copies of GTA 5, either for their own use or to sell to other people that are evading a ban for hacking

[–] jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

After going to checkout and clicking purchase Epic is telling me that my account is not allowed to download any more free games for the next 24 hours. Does anybody know if I this is solvable without waiting 24 hours?

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In the app?

Does trying it through their web store directly resolve your issue?

(I had a similar issue, though not that exact one, that was preventing me from purchasing using their desktop client but the website seemed to not care.)

[–] jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I am doing it on the web, and it still doesnt work

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What was yesterday? I missed it driving